Fury Immortal Doctor

Chapter 1841 - 1844: An Intractable Predicament

"Let's go, let's find Shen Qiang. The people from the Thirty-two Skillful Hands are clearly trying to exclude him," said the perturbed Abi.At this moment, Qin Yurou, disguised as a man, calmed down. With her eyebrows knitted, she said, "Wait a bit longer, I want to see what happens. If all the Thirty-two Skillful Hands act like this, then the Elixir Pills Conference might as well be a mere formality. It would be more straightforward to host a Thirty-two Skillful Hands Elixir Pills Exhibition."

Just as she finished speaking.

Indeed, another person was taken away by an alchemist.

Not only that, but Qin Yurou clearly saw that members of the Thirty-two Skillful Hands were positioned near the entrance. As soon as someone they recognized entered—someone who had previously traded pills with them—they would be taken away.

After watching for a long while, Abi became anxious and said with a cold frown, "This is simply too much. How can they do this!"

Qin Yurou frowned, and after a long silence, she said, "The marketplace is like a battlefield; I've heard this many times, but today is the first I've witnessed such distasteful behavior. The Thirty-two Skillful Hands are held as heroes in the Cultivation World, respected and revered. I never expected their methods to be so ruthless, leaving Shen Qiang no way out."

Hearing this, the perturbed Abi snorted, "What's so great about them? The pills Shen Qiang makes are lifesavers, and they can't stop people from buying them; that's a pipe dream."

Qin Yurou replied, her gaze cold as she shook her head, "It's not as simple as you think. If it were truly lifesaving medicine, of course, no one could stop others from purchasing it. But this is precisely Shen Qiang's weak point."

"The lifesaving pills Shen Qiang truly possesses are very few: the Jiazi Pill, the Half Armor Spirit Pill, and the Blood Ganoderma Bone Healing Ointment. These are extremely expensive, beyond the reach of ordinary people; those who can afford them won't need large quantities either."

"Moreover, these pills can also be purchased through the Cheng Xinyi and Wanxin He Sheng auction houses, so aside from the major sects needing the Gathering Qi Powder, ordinary cultivators have no reason to specifically buy Shen Qiang's pills."

Abi, dissatisfied, said, "Shen Qiang's pills are so good; how could no one buy them?"

Qin Yurou frowned and said, "The Thirty-two Skillful Hands are chatting with those customers and even serving them tea. That's peculiar in itself. If they're telling those cultivators that not purchasing Shen Qiang's pills will get them significant discounts, what would you do?"

"I'd still buy Shen Qiang's pills!" Abi said somewhat childishly.

Qin Yurou reluctantly shook her head, "No, they won't. Ignoring the discounts and buying non-essential pills from Shen Qiang, earning the ire of the Thirty-two Skillful Hands—few would make such a foolish decision."

The perturbed Abi grew anxious, "Then what should we do?"

Qin Yurou hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's go, we'll go check on Shen Qiang."

With that, Qin Yurou led the way to booth number thirteen.

Upon arriving near the booth.

Qin Yurou was stunned. Then, turning around, she saw from afar her meticulously picked Fog Scene Orchid in a distant corner.

This made her face darken.

At this moment, the hastily arriving Zong Zixiao wiped some cold sweat and respectfully said, "Young Master, there's been a little mishap with the booth allocation."

Qin Yurou, with a cold expression, said, "You don't need to say it, I will investigate."

With that said, Qin Yurou simply ignored Zong Zixiao, and with anger in her heart, she took the perturbed Abi towards Shen Qiang's booth. As they got closer, Qin Yurou heard a robust man say, "Anyone buying Shen Qiang's pills is opposing the Kunlun Sect Leader, opposing half the cultivation world, so if you're smart, you'd better leave."

Hearing this, the perturbed Abi was furious.

But just as she was about to step forward, Qin Yurou transmitted a message, "Ignore them, let's go."

Hearing this, Abi angrily glared at the man, then followed Qin Yurou, watching as they didn't heed the warning.

The man sneered, "Oh, not convinced? Then you better watch out."

Meanwhile, inside the booth, Shen Qiang sat with his face as dark as water, watching the onlookers from a distance, then turning away. He knew full well.

After all, if Shen Qiang were an ordinary cultivator, facing such circumstances, obviously, he wouldn't choose to clash with the Kunlun Sword Sect. After all, Shen Qiang's pills are available at Wanxin He Sheng and Cheng Xinyi, so even if they had to buy, they could do so through other channels; there's no need to fight with the Kunlun Sword Sect here.

Unless...

Someone urgently needed lifesaving medicine, and Shen Qiang was the only one with it.

The legendary Most Powerful Pill is indeed potent and miraculous, but for a cancer patient, it's not a sudden attack that takes them overnight, so relying on this to get out of the predicament is not very realistic.

Otherwise, it's the Jiazi Pill and the Half Armor Spirit Pill. They're expensive, and available elsewhere, so those in dire need won't rush here to buy them either.

So to rely solely on his medicine in a short time to make those needing pills rush over, place orders, laugh at the Kunlun Sword Sect, and break this stalemate, is evidently a difficult thing to achieve.

"Boss, let's take that old guy down!" The giant swordsman, looking at the empty booth and listening to them constantly warn the approaching cultivators, grew a bit furious.

Shen Qiang took a deep breath and said, "Wait a little longer. We're not street thugs; we can't just rely on knives."

The giant swordsman fell silent.

Instead, the purple-eyed onlooker secretly glanced at Shen Qiang with a brightened gaze.

At this moment, a handsome young man approached, the purple-eyed person's eyes lit up, just as he was about to speak.

Sitting inside the booth, Shen Qiang smiled, "Why are you here? Where's Abi?"

At that moment, Abi, standing behind Qin Yurou, stepped out helplessly with an awkward smile, "Here I am, it's so strange, the Young Master is clearly in disguise as a man and very well, how do you all see through it at once."

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Hearing this, Purple was stunned, "You're a woman?"

Qin Yurou's eyes brightened with surprise, "You didn't notice?"

Purple smiled and stayed silent.

Abi was instantly delighted, "Young Master, see, I told you, you're disguised so well, how could everyone recognize it."

Hearing this, sitting in the booth, Shen Qiang laughed, "Once I heard it, I knew, it must have been Abi who encouraged Qin Yurou to dress as a man; otherwise, Yurou would never do it."

The perturbed Abi was stunned, "Why?"

Leaning back in the chair, Shen Qiang laughed, "It's simple. This is an Elixir Pills Conference, and the attendees are mostly alchemists skilled in medicine. Among the cultivators with them, there will also be those skilled in medical skills, so all the time you spent auditing at the Medical University was for nothing?"

"Women have narrow shoulders and wide hips; men have broad shoulders and narrow hips. Besides obvious traits like an Adam's apple and facial hair, their walking posture is completely different. So a woman dressed as a man appearing here is practically asking for attention."

Instantly, Qin Yurou and Abi were both stunned.

"What, are you being serious? Even TV series can't spot it."

Shen Qiang laughed, "If a stranger did this, I'd pretend not to notice and take her to a hot spring, but I'm curious, did you two come here just for this?"